Senior Accounting Analyst

About the role

The Senior Accounting Analyst plays a crucial role in overseeing and preparing bank reconciliations, monitoring daily bank activity, managing third-party delivery accounting, performing inventory and cost of goods sold analyses, supporting gift card accounting, assisting with pre-opening financial activity, and handling sales tax support. This role also involves preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules, as well as providing guidance and support to an accounting intern.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and prepare bank reconciliations across company accounts, ensuring reconciling items are identified, researched, and resolved timely
• Maintain accurate cash accounting and reporting through monitoring and analyzing daily bank activity
• Manage daily sales reconciliations, including point-of-sale activity, payment processors, and cash/credit card deposits
• Handle third-party delivery accounting, including reconciliation of sales, commissions, fees, chargebacks, and receivables
• Conduct inventory and cost of goods sold analyses, including trend analysis, variance review, and support for month-end reporting
• Support gift card accounting, including sales, redemptions, and related account reconciliations
• Prepare and analyze pre-opening financial activity for new restaurant locations, including proper expense tracking and reporting
• Assist with sales tax accounting and compliance, including reconciliations, support schedules, and coordination with internal and external partners
• Prepare journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules for assigned accounting areas
• Investigate variances, unusual transactions, and operational discrepancies, and help drive timely resolution
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and create more efficient workflows
• Partner cross-functionally with operations, FP&A, and other business partners on reporting, analysis, and issue resolution
• Provide guidance, support, and review for an accounting intern, including helping prioritize work and contributing to their development as applicable
• Support additional ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 3-6+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in a multi-unit, retail, restaurant, or consumer-facing environment
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close
• Familiarity with third-party delivery accounting, gift card accounting, and sales tax support is a plus
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large volumes of data
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems and POS or reporting platforms preferred
• CPA or progress toward CPA is a plus, but not required